''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the orde ...

s known from Riversleigh, north-western

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, Australia and the

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Region,

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. The

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s date to the late

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but ...

to early

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

. The species ''

Brachipposideros nooraleebus ''Brachipposideros nooraleebus'' is an extinct species of bat, known from a large series of fossil specimens found at Riversleigh fossil site in Australia. The nearest living relative is the orange horseshoe bat, ''Rhinonicteris aurantia'', whic ...

'' was the first bat fossil to discovered and named in Australia, it is also the first of genus to be discovered outside of France. The fossil was found to resemble the orange leaf-nosed bat ''

Rhinonicteris aurantia The orange leaf-nosed bat (''Rhinonicteris aurantia'') is a bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is the only living species in the genus '' Rhinonicteris'' which is endemic to Australia, occurring in the far north and north-west of the continen ...

'', an extant species that occurs in caves of Northern Queensland, than the type species of genus ''Hipposideros''. The dentition is the same as many other bats, and accords with the

dental formula Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. In particular, it is the characteristic arrangement, kind, and number of teeth in a given species at a given age. That is, the number, type, and morpho-physiolog ...

of hipposiderids: I1/2 C1/1 P1-2/2-3 M3/3 The species assigned to this genus include, *''

Brachipposideros aguilari ''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct genus of leaf-nosed bats known from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, Australia and the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France. The fossils date to the late Oligocene to early Miocene. The species '' Brach ...

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Brachipposideros collongensis ''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct genus of leaf-nosed bats known from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, Australia and the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France. The fossils date to the late Oligocene to early Miocene. The species '' Brach ...

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Brachipposideros dechaseauxi ''Brachipposideros'' is an extinct genus of leaf-nosed bats known from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, Australia and the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France. The fossils date to the late Oligocene to early Miocene. The species '' Brach ...

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References

Miocene mammals of Australia Hipposideridae Miocene bats Oligocene bats Prehistoric bat genera Riversleigh fauna Fossil taxa described in 1968 {{Hipposideridae-stub